Len Lanetti
Cleared for Takeoff
September 2, 2005
Cessna hits single-engine milestone
Jerry Siebenmark [font=Times New Roman,Times,Serif]Cessna Aircraft Co. said Friday it had delivered its 6,000th single-engine airplane since opening its Independence, Kan., plant nine years ago.
Officials from Wichita-based Cessna say the delivery, a Cessna 172S Skyhawk, went to Dana Atkinson, president of Anson Air, in Sugar Land, Texas.
Anson Air is a Cessna Pilot Center and has a fleet of 11 airplanes, including a Cessna 182T Skylane the pilot school purchased in December.
In 1986, Cessna discontinued single-engine production in Wichita. After the passage of the U.S. General Aviation Revitalization Act in 1994, which limits liability lawsuits to aircraft less than 18 years old, Cessna decided to restart production of single-engine aircraft. Production resumed in Independence on July 10, 1996.
Cessna is a subsidiary of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT).
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© 2005 American City Business Journals Inc.
Cessna hits single-engine milestone
Jerry Siebenmark [font=Times New Roman,Times,Serif]Cessna Aircraft Co. said Friday it had delivered its 6,000th single-engine airplane since opening its Independence, Kan., plant nine years ago.
Officials from Wichita-based Cessna say the delivery, a Cessna 172S Skyhawk, went to Dana Atkinson, president of Anson Air, in Sugar Land, Texas.
Anson Air is a Cessna Pilot Center and has a fleet of 11 airplanes, including a Cessna 182T Skylane the pilot school purchased in December.
In 1986, Cessna discontinued single-engine production in Wichita. After the passage of the U.S. General Aviation Revitalization Act in 1994, which limits liability lawsuits to aircraft less than 18 years old, Cessna decided to restart production of single-engine aircraft. Production resumed in Independence on July 10, 1996.
Cessna is a subsidiary of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT).
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© 2005 American City Business Journals Inc.